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Again.... this is risking of turning into a witch hunt Don't do that. Be smarter and recognize that someone committed suicide and we DON'T know what he was thinking! He must have had some kind of hidden depression or some dark night of the soul, or other well-concealed problems. Nobody here ever suggested suicide.... Stop the inquisition before it becomes a pitchfork mob.... Don't fall in mass unconsciousness. (I'm talking to everyone, not just you )

No, he's not irresponsible. When undergoing a metaphysical discussion we have to talk about life, death, meaning, void, etc.... It's not his responsibility if people misunderstand metaphysics as physics. Metaphysics is NOT physics. The fact that perceptions are imagined by the True Self does NOT mean that shooting a bullet into your head will make the body lively and happy. Going beyond life is dangerous. Of course. If you've had glimpses of awakening you should know that you are traveling beyond survival. Of course I'm sorry for SoonHei, and I want his family to be well and safe. But leave metaphysics out of the discussion, because that's becoming witch hunting.....

You have our support I'm a man but I feel the injustice you are living as a woman. You have to get the hell out of that nation. The best chance comes from academia and studying/applying abroad. Create connections with professors, graduates, and expats from the west. You need to find a peaceful method, possibly through your university and career opportunities. Find a way also to convince your parents that it's the best FOR THEM. You need to be smart and change their mind. But don't expose your intentions. Your country is not ready to understand that you deserve your freedom. A lot of the replies up here are good You will get out of there. Just keep believing you can do it

What's your opinion on Ramana and Shankara stating that knowledge and self inquiry are the direct path to oneness? It must be possibile. I've had several realizations of the illusory nature of perceptions and identity with self inquiry. But not god realization. That happened with psychs. But nonetheless.... self inquiry is way more powerful than meditation in deconstructing identity.

What the hell?! Love should be an attribute of the True Self/God. Not the way around. From what I've experienced the Self is one and therefore has the property of Unity/Love/Completeness. And this feature exhibits itself in dualistic reality too. But God is not a servant to love. God acts out of the will of self exploration and self expression. At least that's what is clear to my experience. God is the eternal "sense of existing", while love is just completeness/eternal oneness.

Is it because of the british influence? Or modern materialism? Politics?

Thanks for the explanation I thought that Hindu spirituality was more disconnected from politics. Well, from my personal studies and experiences, Shankara and Ramana seem to be the most outstanding spiritual characters in india, especially because of the incredible depth of metaphysical knowledge they reached. Probably Shankara was the most hardcore one, while most of medieval India was stuck on bhakti and useless rituals, he discovered the importance of removing the ignorance of the ego and focusing on yourself rather than on religion. Buddha, as an indian, is also very noteworthy for being the first one to codify and describe nothingness and the void of existence, even before hinduism. Probably he influenced advaita vedanta quite a lot....

I'm really interested in Hindu spiritual culture, your argument caught my attention Aren't sadhus generally less wise than hindu monks and rishis? I'm european but I've read that monks and rishis are generally exceptionally educated people, while sadhus are "homeless" gurus, not necessarily intellectuals. A lot of great Hindu teachers were monks and high intellectuals; Vivekananda is one good example of a top notch monk trained in metaphysics, languages and also skeptic thinking. Aren't sadhus generally a lot lower-level than that? I'm asking since you're indian

Lifeforms have an ego, because ego is a limited imaginary structure inside the Absolute which enables survival of the Form. Formless Absolute can experience living in Form with the egoic structure. This can range from a virus/basic cells to a complex human nation with its collective egoic structures. Even viruses have egos, since they try to reproduce and attack other forms to stay "alive".

This person is a troll Just block the thread and the account already. Out of divine love of course.

Amazing birthday to you, Leo We deeply appreciate your work!

That's so accurate. Thanks for pointing it out. This is one of my major concerns when helping other people healing their polarities. And one of my life missions, especially for men. Men are still very incomplete and damaged in their masculine and feminine sides (both). They have been like this for millennia. This is also the cause of female oppression. Since men need to be in touch with their feminine side, but were taught not to... They also oppressed the feminine in women. Nondually speaking, men rejected women in the past, thus also rejecting themselves. This also happens when a woman rejects masculinity in men, thus rejecting herself. Male and female completion/satisfaction is deeply related to the completion of the opposite sex. The healing of humanity is deeply connected to the healing of femininity in men (also their masculinity). It sounds absurd but it's absolutely true. Because a complete man sees no difference between men and women. That's also the absolute truth. Deep down there are no female/male polarities, it's just the Absolute appearing as opposites

I'm not complete, I still have to learn a lot But nonetheless, this content has grown me so much. I'm just thankful.

Yeah, that's accurate. Of course self help communities attract losers/unsecure people. That's the point of self help. If you're complete you don't need it. But at the same time a lot of people here thrive on the long run, including myself and you. I've joined Leo' s teachings years ago while I was full of shadows, and now I'm such a more positive guy who likes good vibes. It's all thanks to this content (the spiritual one). But the newcomers are always going to be hard cases. And that's good because they need to heal and find some helpful resources

Yeah

Well yes, that's correct in my opinion. But it's also important to underline that the general male audience of this community is spiritual and advanced. If this forum had a female pickup section it would have a lot of female selfish content as well. Dating and sexuality are survival topics. It's always necessary to remember it.... judging actualized.org from the dating section is ridiculous. Just like judging Teal Swan's work only from her alien-obsessed fans. That's it. I will not continue the discussion, since this section of the forum is actually very low awareness You can tell by the aggressiveness here

I beg to differ Leo actually tends to attract a lot of spiritual/advaneced self help men. This is not a scammy PUA forum/coaching. Actualized.org is generally targeted at advanced self help people. There's no difference based on sex. That's probably your own projection; maybe because you feel you are a woman who's putting a lot of effort into self help (and that's great. I appreciate that.) while men in the forum are not. But the latter part is just a projection. Men in this forum are working hard to change their level of consciousness and help understand society and existence at a very high level. It's not a flame reply Just a more positive perspective.

This is a "sober" contemplation. Based upon several days of daily awareness practices. I've also had small psychedelic awakenings in the last months, which helped me a lot to realize this as sober. Well.... there's no God. There's just "I". I am observing this body, these walls, trees, streets, feelings, emotions etc..... If I get absorbed in observing thoughts and emotions, I tend to become very unconscious and convinced of being a human. The more I detach from thoughts and emotions, by observing them in the full context of sounds, sights etc.... the more I become aware of a "dream". So.... what is happening here is that I am alone, and I don't know myself. But I am pretending to be a human with problems, hopes and dreams.... And tomorrow I WILL FORGET AGAIN. For some weird reason I am FORCING MYSELF to believe in this story, and it's really really hard to remain connected to the Awareness that I am. Psychedelics help a lot to become instantly aware, but at the same time psychedelics are just a plot-related tool that I have dreamed to help me awaken. It's so weird........ and insane. There is no God. I am the one existing here. I am probably the only one creating all of this but right now, in the "sober" state, I AM NOT ABLE to understand how I am dreaming all of this and how deep goes my power. I can't even feel my own power, to be honest. I can just feel that I am a Formless Eye, eternal eye, observing and becoming asleep and believing in thoughts and emotions. I have tried so hard to become fully awake as "sober", but it seems almost impossibe and I don't understand why I can't use my powers to become 100% detached from the story I am in. But... I am aware that I AM the only presence here. My nature is to observe, that's it. I can just observe. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't perform actions... I can just observe. Yet, I still find it ABSURD that I can't decide right now to become absolutely aware of how I'm creating and shaping everything. I am an absolute mystery.

May I ask some questions about it? I've had several experiences with classic psychedelics and even ketamine. And my sense of reality just shifted from dualistic to nondual, but still from the "point of view" of a human. But never tried a deliriant psychedelic like this one. How did you view and feel the scene? Furniture doesn't have eyes nor sense organs. What kind of visual point of view did you have? From the seat of the chair/sofa? Or from above? What kind of perception senses were active? How can you experience this? And how do you shift from humanness to object-consciousness? Even though I've had nondual experiences, I can't understand the perspective of an inanimate object.

Well, if you had experience of oneness, you would understand. But... You don't even need that. You can notice the nature of science even from a human perspective. Science is just a label, a mental description of a collection of activities and texts and lectures. Science is the same as philosophy, human imagination and mental talk. The material products of science are just gadgets and activities resulted from mental speculation. And at the end it is just perception. Even going to the doctor is just perception. Using a computer is just sight and touch.

Amazing work, thanks!

Just DROP the belief that you need to work hard as hell for centuries to become awake. DROP IT. If you set the clear and absolutely PURE BURNING FIRE DESIRE to awake, you will awaken FAST. The ego's will is the BELOVED WILL OF GOD. I AM THE EGO THEREFORE IF THE EGO WANTS TO AWAKEN I WILL GRANT IT QUICKLY. Just drop that useless belief of pain and suffering. Just follow the burning intention to awaken and it will come fast! Be like the orange robes of monks. They have a hot desire for awakening. But they also have resistance to awakening, because of dogma and fear of LOSING MEANING. DESIRE TO DIE AND I SHALL GRANT. YOU WILL NOT DISAPPEAR AS FORM, BUT YOU WILL LIVE AS EVERYTHING ON EARTH. Sorry for the post, much love ??????

Yeah, it definitely happens that way. Nice explanation ✌️

Thanks for the help

So, this question was bugging me for several weeks until I started to actively contemplate it, also backed up by the past insights of my psychedelic trips. But the contemplation was in a "sober" state. Since I was hoping that Leo could release a video about it some day, I invite @Leo Gura to read and correct me if I'm wrong on the matter WHAT IS MIND? The shocking answer seems to be... MIND IS EVERYTHING THAT IS IMPERMANENT!!!! The true "core" of existence is NOT mind, but the True I, or Consciousness, or Brahman. Brahman, in my experience, is a formless and invisible texture/cloth which can become the stage of every kind of scenario possible to imagination. But that's not the matter of the thread. Consciousness seems to "create" Mind, which is not a duality but a FEATURE INSIDE consciousness, which allows for creation of perceptions and emotions etc.... So.... the body is Mind. Emotions are Mind. Thoughts are Mind (that was quite obvious for science too ) Existence is NOT Mind!!!! Mind is everything which is Form. And it is also the function to shape and modify Forms. But Mind is ultimately just a formless feature of Consciousness, and in the end Mind is NOT real. But Consciousness is absolutely real. Yeah. It's quite the horror from a human perspective