Aakash

In the grand scheme of things, the universe is trying to find out what it means to be itself and therefore the highest enlightened being is the highest being at that current present moment and is setting down markers for itself to know there is an infinity more consciousness to explore. Consciousness is infinite. The play is playing whether you are playing or not.

Enlightenment is when you rid yourself of every delusion YOU created for yourself in the first place. In the west where we are; it is harder. You have created more delusion for yourself than in the east. Where life could potentially be a lot more simpler. A life where all your metaphysical questions are answered is a long long path, in fact even a life time for some. It takes people their whole lives to answer the question who am i, what am i, what is reality. Let alone what is an ant colony like and actually play to find out what itself is in the bigger self sense. The 10th OX herding picture is therefore very far off an awakened person. it could take years, decades and even centuries for some people to become enlightened. it depends how serious you are, it depends how conscious you are, it has many deceits awaiting for you and trickeries. The highest 'enlightened being' with all thier metaphysical questions answered, who has lived an abundant life , to his greatest wish thereafter lives a life of simplicity because they have no desire. to live in an alternative manner. At the highest level .... there are no words to describe this ultimate TRUTH however, one thing is for sure, the two steps before this final step must be paradoxical. to bring about the strange loop.

Therefore everything is an illusion other than the ONE TRUE SELF ~ true non duality. NOW PLAY

@Leo Gura But thinking that everything is only an illusion is a conceptual ideology and coming to the answer i am infinity. YOU have to actually go and look yourself at the illusions and break it, otherwise you will not actually know what it is in its fullest. that is finding out who you are. But of course, it's both a strange loop and a paradox because you always arrive at pure awareness when doing a practice and so therefore you must eventually for get all practises. Precisely because you can not know who or what you are. you can only be the thing that YOU are. there's no such thing as an enlightened person therefore. There is only play and this is the returning to the market place. As leo stated in his video, descending to the lowest ranks in society and performing a miracle, the miracle is not a miracle to YOU however, it is a miracle to them. To YOU there was no miracle.

@Leo Gura if you go all the way to end of illusion. then YOU is an illusion aswell. The TRUTH is an illusion. Basically everything is an illusion, nothing is real at all. its neither beautiful or unconditional love. There is no YOU either thats the TRUTH. absolute infinity, bhrama, oneness, void, nothingness , all these words are synonymous and breakdown before the TRUTH because it becomes itself. ITS just different levels of letting go along the whole way. UNTIL YOU SURRENDER EVERYTHING TO THE TRUTH. AND ONLY LIVE IN TRUTH. no life, no death , no reality. just THE TRUTH that is the one who is conscious - the highest conscious mind. (Aakash as TRUTH not truth presently)

@moon777light i'm in agree-ance with @Preetom

^^ see i'm still making many groundless assumptions. ( i was just going to write this, but i couldn't because of the time limit) yes i've come to realise that from reading responses

@Tony 845 i don't think any of us at this present time can except leo lol, it is okay. However, i think @Nahm @Arhattobe are in much better position to advise you. My perspective was just from a more general point of view considering all methods used to reach a transcended state.

A) Conspiracy theories even if they may be true , have no presence in metaphysics B) the truth doesn't leave you at any time lol c) the truth will let you think whatever you want to think d) theres no way to presuade you its not , so it will be the very think you think of

@Tony 845 I'm sorry i was just assuming, i have no idea how other people go about doing kundalini work. My apologies

It's ironic lol, but i believe i have found the answer in some way. But it's not the complete answer at the end of the day as another answer will come and replace it in the end. But the double split experiment and even quantum entanglement is basically as so... the electron cloud density is in all positions and in every possible position at all times. Depending on the observation point, the electron changes property from wave function to particle. SO the only conclusive conclusion is that particles are wavelengths when we are not looking. But my theory is simple it is just everything , everythwhere in all positions within the encapsulation of the proton, neurtron (but thats my best scientific answer, not metaphysical answer).

The 7 chakras are a map to the terratory; just like enlightenment is a different map. I had no interest in meditating with my eyes close so i took the path of kriya yoga and overworked my mind day after day to reach where i am today. So people like yourself, prefer to sense with your eyes closed. It is just a preference thats what the ancients realised. There is no direct path so to speak. Just the best method suited for the individual. I am an intellect if i HAD to say i'm one thing so it was just the best way for me. However, you could say at some pass i passed through a kundalini awakening, just not in the direct way it says in the books and websites. Its like leo said don't take the 10 ox pictures so literarlly. Its just in my opinion, the method thats just best suited to you and finding out who and what you are.

I have changed my mind, the contents stated in self actualised.org is reflective of TRUTH and therefore will be hard to outgrow at the rate of leo's development. However, i propose an alternative point of view, liberation and freedom are two words heavily talked about in many traditions. So even if enlightenment is the final aim so to speak... i have been a long admirer of the process. I have found my intuition and trust in myself to find the truth for myself. I can't explain it eloquently enough... but its almost like i'm not even trying to persue enlightenment anymore... all i'm thinking about doing is get to know myself alot better. So final note, I DEFINATELY was wrong to think self-enquiry was the end of actualisaion.org or any other assumptions i intended previously. neither have i outgrown it/ will ever outgrow actualised.org. But i've built a foundation and foothold for me to work on, whilst taking self-actualised.org more lightly. I am an avid lover of Leo's work and will continue to look for insights in the future such as the self-enquiry process itself. On the other hand, self-enquiry was only one technique for looking into reality itself. before i was assuming this was my foundation foothold but it is not. MY foothold is the trust i have in TRUTH. AS A RESULT, i feel confident to say that leo helped me lay down my foundations, therefore i have outgrown the non-dual aspect of self actualised.org as it stands presently. None the less, i have read all the comments and everyone has a bit of truth in their words. I have not learned how to build a life, nor most of the tricks of the psychee. These are metaphysical questions outside the realm of enlightenment(depending on how you view the situation) . They are whats actual and so what actualised.org represents. Enlighthenment is only one thing!!!!! THIS WHOLE ACTUALISED FEILD IS SO BROADDDD MAN!!! So i wanted to thank you guys for your responses, they really helped me out. THANK YOU

I've seen the need for enlightened masters. However, i have also realised the many facets and alternative consciousnesses around in the present moment. NON-dual masters or spiritual teachers are indeed only a subsequent of who, what , how (as far as the language is able to illustrate). However, the levels of consciousness are indeed infinite and grounded entirely in the present moment. Ultimately, it leads to the same thing... there is no such thing as enlightenment nor is there just one enlightenment, moksha etc.. because everything was the illusion from the beggining and will continue to do so. AS A FORCE OF NATURE YOU will still be YOU being... THIS IS YOUR TRUE NATURE, THE ONLY THING REQUIRED IS FOR YOU TO LET GO.

@Leo Gura "basically, everything is an illusion" -> do you know how many illusions you broke and to the very core in the first half an hour. I have no problem even letting go or even trusting your awareness of the delusion YOU created. Hereafter, I've seen the need for enlightened masters. However, i have also realised the many facets and alternative consciousnesses around in the present moment. NON-dual masters or spiritual teachers are indeed only a subsequent of who, what , how (as far as the language is able to illustrate). However, the levels of consciousness are indeed infinite and grounded entirely in the present moment. Ultimately, it leads to the same thing... there is no such thing as enlightenment nor is there just one enlightenment, moksha etc.. because everything was the illusion from the beggining and will continue to do so. AS A FORCE OF NATURE YOU will still be YOU being... THIS IS YOUR TRUE NATURE, THE ONLY THING REQUIRED IS FOR YOU TO LET GO.

unconditional meaninglessness

Precisely, if YOU is TRUTH, how else will i realise it without being it with open eyes. Thank you for your response

I'm new to actually using this blog, none the less i'm not new to the topic. I've always had one issue with this whole process, people spend so many hours with their eyes closed wishing to find awareness. Is it not so paradoxically as simple to self inquire with your eyes open? what are your opinions, i am intrigued to know your viewpoint?

There is no "self" to which the experiencer is attaching the word "evil" to the situation being thought of. There is no rape happening directly in front of them in my opinion. so such thoughts are not being thought about. The duality you are creating between what is evil and not evil is the very thought that you are attaching meaning to. they do not do it because they have no such desire to do it. merry christmas, i hope my opinion helped. it might not be right but i gave it my best go.

Militaries have thick and rigid systems, and therefore it would be difficult to turn a unit into even stage green, let alone stage yellow. It would look to utilise the specialities of each individual, after the individual has gone through rigirous tests and trials to deem where their skills best lie. For example, a sniper would is stage blue compared to a sniper who is stage green, will look to see whether there are friendlies in his sight, but a stage blue in my opinion would be open to take the shot under any circumstances merry christmas

A system where all individuals are able to feel emphathetic towards one another in understanding each others problems and then situation. I believe in simple terms, although by no means does it encapture the whole picture. It is about tailoring "the wheel of life" (check it out on google) towards every individual regardless of the way they think, value or believe in their ideology merry christmas

When uncertain i tend to go with a simple solution .... go with your gut instinct and don't back reason if the decision is really difficult to make for you. you will never know whether what you choose was right or wrong unless you actually experience it. merry christmas

I am intrigued by your proposal. although i have only read 5 pages tonight, i must admit that i look forward to reading the rest tomorrow. I shall give you my full opinion tomorrow.

IF a scripture must be understood in its rawest form, then a translation does not do it just. I wonder how YOU managed to read all the scriptures from the bible, to the bhagavat gita and the quaran correctly, without the translation into english. Having said that, it is the question i am proposing as I am also in the same position. Do i read english or learn the language of the ancients to directly read the original texts ?

well done QandC, this video is going to give me motivation whenever i feel i need it. It just goes to show how much effort Leo has put into his videos if the choregraphy of sentences can be this perfect. It was a very considerate tribute, please make another one with all his funny one liners. Thankyou.