Sempiternity

@Leo GuraCould you says bit more about this 'Ego Backlash' that an occur when you reach God-consciousness?

@Privet thank you, this covered many of the questions I had. A bit rambling and unfocused, but great he covered the many facets of post enlightenment.

@Leo Gura seems like most all of your videos and teachings are focused on pre-enlightenment, or leading up to enlightenment. Then there are many videos on how to reach a Nonduality state. But there doesn't seem to be videos on post-enlightment. If realizing one is God/Infinity/Truth, and that you do not exist, and there is no anything, as it's all an allusion that you can wake from, is not full Enlightment. And there are actually, as you say, many depths and levels to enlightenment one must learn to reach permanent Nonduality Enlightenment (I'm assuming that's the main goal?). Then could you please do a video covering all these many depths and levels? How does one one attain a permanent Nondualistic state? How does one that is fully enlightened opperate in the world? Would they even be able to? Would they need to retain some Ego to opperate in the world, cause in a total Nondual state there would be no separation of anything? And if so, then it sounds like one could never be fully Nondual and interact in the world, is that how it works? If it is possible, how could a person who has no Ego interact in the world? How would they interact with others? How could they navigate any kind of relationships with others, with no Ego? The deeper one goes up these levels of enlightenment, do they typically find it harder and harder to be in society? What are the pifalls, traps, desired outcomes of each of these levels? I think it'd be very helpful to have this area fleshed out. I know once I do 5-Meo and hopefully have my Ego and Identy disappear, become Nondual, know Infinity/Truth; afterwards, info like this would be invaluable. After waking up from an enlightenment experience, once the Ego starts seeping back in, it would be nice to know how to retain this state. Having the knowledge to navigate post-enlightenment and all the many different levels of enlightenment, Knowing what are the highest levels, would all be immensely valuable. Anywho, hope you consider it. Would love to hear your thoughts on this possibility.

@Leo Gura I personally wouldn't want this info for mental masturbation or a fantasy excuse not to do the work, but to have for when I do have that huge Nondual experience. Would be nice to know what to do after. To not just fall back into all the Ego illusions again. I'm more than willing to fully surrender (me, my beliefs, my life). Just want to know how to navigate the rest of 'my' life after the leap into the abyss.

Wow, I've never read someone explain this as well as you just did. Makes even more sense now. Thanks!

From what I understand (which grated isn't much), the answer is yeah, kinda. There is no you. So there is no you/spirit, that goes on after you die. You are God/Infinity/The Absolute. You are everything and everyone. And everything that has ever happen and will ever happen, is happening (or more accurately Not happening), all right Now. So you(God) are everyone person, animal, plant, insect, planet, that has ever been, and will ever be. So in a way, that could be seen as reincarnation. Certainly closer than the religions or science, to the Truth.

If all there is is Infinity/Truth/Consciousness. And 'one' can discover/remember that they are this everything/nothing/God. Which means none of us actually exist. So there is no free will of any of us, since none of us exist. And all there is is this infinite intelligence/God creating a dream. So 'us' working towards getting 'enlightened' is all this dream/hallucination. There is no work, and there is no awakening, as there is no one to awaken? All that can happen is God remembering it is God, because it forgot. Do I have that right? Did it create the dream of individual humans, create their Egos, and then forget about itself, all on purpose?

@Leo Gura Really hope you do. Obviously something you're passionate about, which means most of us would be passionate about it too. For me, the longer the better. I enjoy diving deep down the rabbit hole. Hope to see it.

I sure hope so. I'm so ready for it.

I'm about 15 minutes in. Having a defeatist thought. If achieving full enlightenment is like winning the Lotto, one in millions chances on it happening, and even Leo can't get there, then what hope is there for me to achieve it? I could spend the rest of my life trying and always feeling like I am failing to reach this highest of states, or I can spend the rest of my life feeding my Ego for happiness. Neither sounds like a solid plan. Again just a thought.

This may explain it all.

Your mind, your body, every person, the world, the universe, physics, time and space, all are part of the illusion. All there is is consciousness.

Only in Enlightenment circles would saying "I really hope you kill yourself" be the greatest compliment you could say to someone, where in any other social circle it would be the greatest insult.

Try Meditation.. it's not what you think badum dum tss

Two friends meet for coffee to catch up: “How are you?” one asks. The other replies: “I’m fine, thanks, but I'm still unemployed.” First friend: “Have you tried Meditating?” “Meditating? What’s that?” “I don’t know, but it’s better than sitting around doing nothing!”

Have you heard of the cow who attained liberation and was viewed as a Zen idol? It was dyslexic and kept on repeating OOOOMMM !

How Spiritually Enlightened are you? If.... If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can be empathetic to other's plights, and never take anything personally, If you can face the world without lies and deceit, If you can relax or have fun without the need for liquor, If you can go through life without using drugs to numb your emotional pain, If you can be present every moment, not suffering from anything from the past, If you can be happy, despite whatever goes on around you, If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion, gender preference, or politics, --Then you have almost reached the same level of spiritual development as your dog!

Oops, my bad. Sorry.

Maybe just buy the list? It's only $35. Support Leo. He does so much for no money.

Watch more of Leo's videos and do the self-inquiry work. You and everyone in your family are the same thing, which is consciousness, which is nothingness. You are you family and they are you. For you to hurt your family, is for you to hurt yourself, and vice versa. Coming from this perspective, there is nothing to fear, nothing to worry about. When you are with your family, think of it as like watching a movie. You are the observer, that has no stakes in what your watching. The objects and people on the screen are not real, they are just light projected on the screen. You (your ego) is also one of the characters up there on the screen. You too do not really exist and are the same thing as the other characters, which are all just light projected on the screen. You, the observer, wouldn't get angry, or offended, or hurt, by what the characters on the screen are doing and saying. So come with this perspective. Nothing anyone says or does in your family has any meaning. They're all just light projected on a screen, as are you, and it's all just light (consciousness), which is meaningless. Just sit back and enjoy the show you're watching

My only goal for the rest of my life is to 'Kill Myself'. There is no greater gift, than to be free from Ego. Yes that's me. I use to be a high end fashion designer and performer. I did major festivals, fashion shows, stadium concerts and all that. Up on a stage in front of tens of thousands. But it was a world of Ego. I gave it all up to become Enlightened. So that was me a couple years ago. Now I don't care what I look like.

From what I understand of Awakenings, that is a good sign. The goal is to die. The fear of dying is what is holding you back from truly and fully Awakening. True Enlightenment is holding the gun to your head and having the balls to pull the trigger, knowing that your body won't die, but you'll wake up from the hell you're living in and into heaven. But again, to get there you have to have the courage to kill yourself. But instead of a gun which is quick, it's a thousand times worse, as you are killing yourself (your Ego) layer by layer, little by little. So don't shy away from that feeling of dying, relish it. Learn to love it. In a way, become suicidal. Become giddy at the thought of finally killing yourself. Knowing on the other side of your Ego's death is your true Self, which is the deepest peace, love, gratitude, and contentment far beyond what you could ever imagine. It's by far worth the pain of 'dying'.

From what I understand of Enlightenment/Truth/God. All there is is right Now. Space, time, the universe, you and everyone else is the dream of Infinite Consciousness, that is all happening only Now. Your awareness is you being this infinite consciousness. All you are is this awareness. So there is no such this as subconscious or unconscious, only consciousness. This dream that we call reality is ever changing and has a set of rules. When you are 'awake' that is what is happening in this dream Now. When you are 'asleep' and dreaming, that is what is happening within the consciousness Now. It's all the same thing (which is also nothing), it's ALL a dream. When you are 'asleep and dreaming', consciousness creates a whole universe with its own set of rules, just like when you are 'awake' consciousness creates a whole universe with its own set of rules. Only none of it actually exists. It's all a dream made up by Nothing. Now here is where it gets really trippy. If there is no time, all your memories, dreams, the whole universe, everything that has ever happen in your life, is all happening right Now. There is nothing else than Now. Try wrapping your head around that

Are you saving that for a future video or don't plan on saying?

@Leo Gura In your 30 day retreat blog videos you said there was a substance that took you even deeper than 5-MeO, but wouldn't state what it was, saying you would at another time. Have you since stated what that substance was? I had heard that 5-MeO was the best direct way to Truth/God/Enlightenment, but if there is something even better to use I am extremely interested.