Identity

@Nahm Thanks man, you rock too!! ????

Just wanted to share this little idea I have been looking at lately. I remember a while back reading something about different parts of the face being connected to different chakras. Like parts of the feet are connected to different organs. It seems to me like the nose has some correlation to self-esteem/manipura chakra. Just notice in what situations people touch their nose ? I might be imagining things, but it seems to me it might be connected. than the lips more for the second chakra. And the eye region for the heart. Just speculating here and wondering if people have noticed similar things. Just the fact that the itches and urges to touch parts of the face occur, are quite interesting to me, and don’t seem totally random.

@LordFall Thats where the big ass dreamboard comes in ?

It seems to be that being woke is much easier when alone. When you are not doing anything in particular, but have “free time”. It seems much harder to bring that wokeness into all corners of life. In interactions, with work, with activities. The idea I had, is that this is because the need for the ego’s survival is minimal at the isolated times. However, integrating it to other aspects of life requires much. Likely it will entail many changes in one’s life. It’s like you are fisher in the ocean with weights attached to your body, where the weights represent the ego. You need the weights because all the fish you catch to survive are on the bottom. Sure, you might be able to release a few for a little bit, but soon you get hungry, and go down for more. learning to fully live and survive at a higher altitude requires deeper integration of dealing with that pressure, learning to catch fish there, interact with other fisherman. Oke this metaphor has been taken to its conclusion ? It’s like the actualized logo. Maybe you can jump to the top and see a little of the light. But to shine as bright as that motherfucker in the logo, thats another story.

I opened my own massage practice. As a 23 year old guy that was quite an internal challenge. A lot of fears and insecurities were faced in the process. People instantly relate it to sexuality, and I can’t blame them either, its quite intimate. I had to become comfortable with these comments. It’s like people test you also. It took me over a year from having done my massage course and renting a room and building a website, to fully entering into the world. Posting on my Facebook, spreading flyers, all that stuff. Now I am at a place where things are taking off. Besides friends and family, I’ve got 5 external clients booked for the next few weeks. It’s an awesome feeling ? My recommendation would be to take it at a pace you feel comfortable at, yet stretch your boundaries. Think of it as a longer term project. Work hard by yourself, and as you grow in skills gradually step outside into the world. Visualise yourself in the place you want to be ultimately. On the stage entertaining the crowd or idk. Than start to take small steps towards it. A mistake I made is to feel like it has to be all or nothing. Either I spread all these flyers and do the whole Facebook thing and all, or I don’t. Things started to work when I started setting small goals. Next week Ill go for a walk and spread 50 flyers door-to-door. The other week Ill invite my girlfriend for a massage and ask her to write a review.

@Leo Gura Too late, I’m confused AF lol. Ill contemplate it more when my confusion settles down a bit ?

@Leo Gura Would you say there is any value in determining what you value? ? In your life purpose course, for example, a big part is dedicated to determining your personal values. This seems highly important to me still. Or would you say it goes in steps: 1. Don’t know what you value, and being lost. 2. Determining your values and aligning with them. 3. Realize all values are relative and let go of all of them. Or can it still be useful to know what you value after awakening? Becoming a conscious creator in a way that is beautiful to you, although not being attached to it being any particular way perse.

@ravlondon It’s hard to say without knowing what you are actually doing, how much work you are putting in. Tracking your week for a full week can be a helpful tool. Thinking about where those actions take you, if projected forwards. And than there is the change in what such a week looks like. How different is such a “snapshot” of your life compared to 1, 2, 3 years ago?

@Serotoninluv True, guess I need to get my ass out in nature more ???

In my own life I am starting to see this more and more clearly. Sometimes I allow to let go of the resistance that represents the self, and other times I do not. Oh, free day? Mushroom trip? About to go to sleep? Yeahh, lemme surrender a bit. Ooh the peace, its lovely! Owh, interacting with potential customers, other people that help me to survive, nooo I better make sure this goes well. Don’t wanna surrender control here, that would get dangerous. Better clinch down my troat, make sure I have some weights on me, to keep my safely on the bottom of ocean (guess the ocean metaphor made a comeback lol)

Good morning all. Before we dive into todays topic, quick mention to Alicia sitting in the back. Massive orgasm whilst thinking about you this morning. Alright, who had difficulties with the readings? ”crickets” ???

Student: Master, can you help me realize my true nature? Master: I god you. ??

I am on my way to becoming a leader and want to inspire growth. However, in my attempts to do it, I find my assumptions questioned. Vision seemed like a more straightforward answer to me. Overall, I think the vision idea resonates a lot with this community, as Leo has talked a lot about it in the past, and still does. So the story seems quite easy to me. As Robert Fritz explains, you connect to your desires and values. Create a powerful vision from that. Compare that to your current reality. This creates structural tension, which than will be resolved through action. Vision = current reality. Nice theory and all, and it still seems Powerful to me. However, what is that thing that creates that spark in people? That spark that really creates a powerful change? That moment where it clicks for someone, where from one day onto the next, their life is set on a different track? What other factors come into play here? It seems that there has to be a certain resonance with the source. A video from Leo falls on deaf ears for all the people around me. The workshops I have been offering also seem to resonate with only a percentage of the audience. (And that does not seem to be only “the level of development”, but a personal vibe kind of thing). Than there is the timing. Some people might not be ready for a major change. For some people it might hit them at the right time. Than there is the specific issue they are dealing with. Maybe vision is not the answer for all. For example, I was talking to a friend about how he got inspired by David Goggins and his “no bullshit approach”. Far-ahead talks and concepts don’t seem to work for him. He just wants something in front of him, so he can put his nose on the grindstone. What other factors come into play? What can really light that spark in people? How do you become effective at leading and inspiring people? (Even if you have personal embodiment)

Some questions that might help you in the right direction: - When laying on my deathbed, what do I want to have contributed to the world? - What is my uniqueness/strengths that I want to express? - What will my career look like if I embody my highest values? (Might want to determine your values first ) - What personal feelings and rewards do I want to reap from my career? Grab a notepad. Contemplate them for 15 minutes each. See what overall picture starts to form ?

@Commodent The throat chakra has been a major challenge for me to over the last year, and still is to a degree. What has helped for me are sound related practices; screaming, singing, humming, etc. There was also a linkage for me to a fear of throwing up. I literally faced that fear by volentarely throwing up a few times. Ofcourse our good old friends psylocibin mushrooms took a lead position in opening up my throat. During trips the blockages literally just desolved and I would start coughing like crazy. A few times it felt like a plug was being removed from my throat and I could breath for the first time. But than if nothing is done, the old patterns of life close it down again real quick. Also, just becoming aware of the throat. At this point I am quite aware of how I can let tension go and allow for energy to flow, and how in some circumstances I literally swallow to block energy/expression from flowing. Fundamentally, you will have to face whatever you are not expressing. What parts of your self are you afraid to show? I told a girl I had liked her for years, had deep conversations with my parents, started showing sides of myself I had not before, and more It’s a journey really. I’m definitely still on it. If there is interest, I can write a more elaborate post about my experiences ?

Why did I separate myself from god in the first place? Is there a reason for it? Simply because of selfishness? Or did I come here to fulfill a purpose as a seemingly separate entity?

@VeganAwake I did ?

Thank you for the replies. More work on it’s way to realize that ??

@seeking_brilliance Yeah indeed. Attaching too much meaning to whether it is a past life or not isn’t the way to go I guess. Could discuss that till the cows come home ? Cool experiences though, especially if they can point us to the right direction.

@Leo Gura That is quite crazy indeed. If so, you seem to be doing a good job resolving that ?

@seeking_brilliance Looked at your links, interesting stuff! Ill give that a shot. The descriptions are very similar to my experiences. Have you experimented with this, gotten any results? @Leo Gura Interesting, you got me curious about what they said, but I can imagine you wouldn’t want to share. I might explore that in the future, but have other priorities atm. @SirVladimir Cool, I’d love to hear it if you get any traction ? @Baotrader Haha ? @Nahm Thank you ? My sister has done some reiki courses when she was young. I went to some reiki healing sessions a while back, and the woman also recommended it. Im also into massage. Definitely keep that in mind, or better, Ill stick it on my dream board ?

@UDT ???

Ever since Leo made that video on authority, it had been very interesting to me to see the authority games unfold in practice. Most of all, I see how I am playing the game myself. I am in a kind of in between space, where I am going from being a student to being an authority figure. Instead of being a student, I now teach at the university. I have my own business and am starting to give workshops and coaching, as well as a massage business. At university, because I am the “tutor” students have my opinion in high regard. Yet I see how some students grasp certain topics at a deeper level than me. However, admitting that would threaten my position within the group. Same goes for my businesses. At my massage practice, it seems like I have to put on the mask of being a “massage therapist”. On my website I talk about the courses I have followed. At my training/education business, I have to be the trainer/entrepreneur/coach. Hey, Martin what do you do now? There again goes the salespitch for who I am. And it does seem to matter a lot what that salespitch contains and with what confidence I bring it. Some other authority examples: Today I was at a manual therapist. When I started to engage in a conversation that did not match her normal “Therapist-client” dynamic, she got defensive quickly. It started of by me just walking in and asking her how she is doing, to which she responded she is the therapist. Than later on when I made some suggestions as to why I have back problems, quickly she started making statements about her 45 years of experience, science, education and more. The training company I work with, is also largely pre-occupied with creating an authority position. I helped to develop content for a training on leadership. Guess what the first 10 minutes where about? Citing all the references and theories, all the people that are behind this workshop, all their phd’s and experience and bla bla bla. “It helps for the participants to take us seriously” was the reason. It seems that authority limits openness and creativity. Because there is someone who “already knows how things are” and this belief system and position needs to be defended. The defending of the authority position becomes a corrupting factor in looking for the truth. Even if a relative truth. Yet it seems crucial to have a sense of authority to survive in the world. People won’t hire me for workshops or coaching if I don’t appeal to certain credentials or experience or whatever. Just dropping a certain term, a certain positional status, makes all the difference. How to navigate this game for authority in an authentic way? Is it possible to drop the game and still survive/thrive? Or is it more of a trade off? Education interests me. One of the concepts that came to me was “do you know?” Where it would be a platform for open discussion. Where participants look for their own understanding and take responsibility for their own understanding. Where they learn to think for themselves instead of sucking on the tit of an apparent authority figure. Anyhow, went on a rant here ? let me know what your thoughts are if you made it this far ?

For a while now I have these thoughts where I imagine myself in different scenarios bursting into uncontrollable crying. In the imaginations it feels like a surrender and relief. There is this feeling I would describe as no longer having to pretend. For a while I have been aware of sadness I carry on my heart. I think it has to do with mystical/awakening experiences. I have cried from time to time. Last week I had quite a breakthrough where I cried in front of others at a mindfulness training. We were given an excercise to imagine ourselves in 5 years. Whilst writing down “I am fully Awake, fully seen through all illusion and have reclaimed authority as GOD...” I had tears in my eyes. When we had to share our vision with others I couldn’t hold back the tears any longer. Although this felt good, it feels like there is a lot more sadness left. Like a conservative cry won’t do it. Like I need to fully let myself go. Perhaps it needs to be around others as well. any suggestions? ?

@mandyjw Oke, if you say so. Nice video’s btw ?