The Blind Sage

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The attached image is an excerpt from his autobiography 'Apprenticed to a himalayan master'. In the excerpt, babaji refers to Maheshwernath babaji, and sri guru babaji refers to Mahavatar babaji (the one that Yogananda refers to for all you kriya yoga practitioners). I've read 'autobiography of a yogi' by Yogananda but I didn't enjoy it. Yogananda was a phenomenal yogi and I revere his level of accomplishment but the book is not something I connected with. This book on the other hand, I found quite captivating-it entails the story of a young boy less than 20 years old leaving home to pursue a guru in the himalayas in the mid-20th century. Here's a Batgap interview with the guy: There's also a 2nd interview which I didn't attach here. Here's a link to his website: https://satsang-foundation.org/ You can even get initiated and learn practices from him. Judging from the interview and the book, he seems like hes sincere. Looks like he's the real deal. *Warning* Radical open-mindedness required. He will make references to crazy paranormal shit. Are they bs? Who knows. I find his perspectives broadens and deepens my understanding, which is the important part, whether the crazy shit he claims happened were real or not is actually not all that relevant.

Yet again he's shown his poor level of integrity. But that's not why I'm posting this. It's only a matter of time before someone else posts this video here. I'm posting this here to make sure our response as a community is grounded. Don't go spamming his comment section like. Just treat him exactly how he's behaving; a troll. Ignore him; anything else will just be helping him leech more views and attention.

Well said

Good for you.

@Inliytened1 Probably because he's such an easy target. His work is incredibly nuanced so it's easy to just take a one-line quote from a 3 hour video out of context like 'I am god' and spin some bs cult narrative for easy clicks. And just quickly contemplating, here are some of my thoughts about why do trolls troll? -Attention -stimulation from boredom, -Unhealthy means of channelling their creative energy Just look at the first couple minutes of the video, the guy's a childish troll lol

@Farnaby It might not be as bad as you expect. I took SInovac (since it was the only one available at the time) and everyone who took it had a mild 1st dose and an awful 2nd one. The opposite happened to me-my first dose was a bit of a shitshow and the second one was mild. I've never heard of people having horrible side effects for both doses regardless of vaccine brand. As far as I've seen, it's either mild->shitty or shitty->mild.

@machiavelli I'm assuming you never watched Leos spiral dynamics series, because ^That, unfortunately, wont work. The content isn't the problem. It's how they process information and filter it through their worldviews. You remove idol worship from their minds and they will simply replace it with another dogma. Pretty bog-standard stage blue religious type thinking. The ego-mind will turn black into white and white into black. You misunderstand the nature of the problem. Watch the spiral dynamics series (link in the post on page 1), otherwise you're just wasting your time. This website is a fucking goldmine dude. You can continue complaining or understand the issue you described at a deeper level.

I take it then, the only question is: "To what degree are you conscious of what is?" Correct?

You're right. Ideology keeps you paradigm locked. What I gather is that you're basically asking; how does one escape paradigm lock? But before we jump the gun, lets slow down a second. Every Tom, Dick and Harry wants instant solutions and answers. Not many are willing to really understand the problem at the roots first. So then, if you're sincere in what you're asking, I'd suggest you to spend time understanding why people get paradigm locked in the first place. And for that, you've come to the perfect place. Some of my favourite actualized.org videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FtVLnmuJzg&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpCShDDL_H4D3CDdw4Y9DXm&index=5&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM-5NFY1C3c&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpCShDDL_H4D3CDdw4Y9DXm&index=5&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tLZ2a1uafk&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpCShDDL_H4D3CDdw4Y9DXm&index=7&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgLWFzGodg&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpCShDDL_H4D3CDdw4Y9DXm&index=10&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVcxIamwO5g&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpCShDDL_H4D3CDdw4Y9DXm&index=24&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_K402KU0A&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9MS701rvoQ&ab_channel=Actualized.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ODZLAAQsE&ab_channel=Actualized.org Spiral dynamics series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aDNBvn_2g&list=PLWq2PmY0jhcpz1T8_HCUrhuw0mRp1z7Aq&ab_channel=Actualized.org P.S, just to reiterate, please do not commit the mistake of failing to make a distinction between idol worshipping and genuine tantric practices. Leo's got an amazing episode on the importance of making high quality, fine grained distinctions as well btw. Good luck brother.

There are many tanrtic paths that involve the consecration of objects into deities and goddesses. It's not just a metaphorical 'worship'. What they're worshipping has been transformed into a device to raise your consciousness through mantras, various rituals, or maybe even direct pranic/life-force manipulation, etc. The 'gods' they worship are nothing more than tools. Maybe they will be very devotional to it, but that's just another device for spiritual growth; using a deity as a point of devotion. Like all world religions, it usually sprang from deep wisdom and mysticism but got hijacked by collective ego. But of course, the majority of people that worship idols are dogmatic sheep. And even those that aren't, I'm inclined to think at least the majority of practitioners are tribalistic and stage purple-ish. Of course, I could be wrong. Just don't throw the baby out with the bathwater is all I'm saying.

I'm not well informed on ecological sustainability, many of you on the other hand, I think would be. This video challenged a lot of my previous perspectives. I was under the impression that the most worthwhile thing to do for sustainability is to give up meat. Now I'm not so sure. I'd like to hear your perspectives on this topic. I'd also like to hear your suggestions on what the most impactful things we can change in our lifestyle. Edit: I'd prefer to keep the morality of killing animals out of this conversation if possible, as that's a whole other discussion for another time and would convolute the clarity of the intended topic.

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Dr. James Cooke: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAugvYjh7z5AJkO6y5RgbSg Bernardo Kastrup: https://www.youtube.com/c/bernardokastrup/featured Adventures through the mind: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind/featured Damien Echols: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRyoC6Oww6FrYVc-BxKyDg/featured

before I get banned lol, I do have something to share: https://www.reddit.com/r/5MeODMT/ This is a reddit forum specifically for 5MEO, might contain some insightful trip reports, etc

Hey guys, I feel like this could have possibly been answered before, not sure tho. But is freebase suitable for plugging?

bruh... This is hilarious but also a mockery Just donate to his patreon if you want to show your gratitude to leo lol

should still be available here: https://www.actualized.org/store

These are pretty great too: https://www.actualized.org/articles/the-3-levels-of-personal-development-work https://www.actualized.org/articles/mastery

@Kel Varnsen It took some time to admit that I wasn't ready to wake up because of the need to develop myself first (emotionally, financially, etc.) I am no longer feeding this victimhood mentality of wishing my life were in an easier situation so that I could spend my time on sadhana. I'm now focused on making money for the next few years. After that, it'll be more isha courses and maybe the life-purpose course. Essentially, I overcame my own self-deception. In some way shape or form, you're probably bullshitting yourself too. It's ok, we all go through the same process of disillusionment. I can only imagine how I'll look back at my old self in a few years and realize what dumbass I was lol. Accept where you are, be grounded and practical about what you need to do in order to get what you want. You might find this old gem helpful, good luck https://www.actualized.org/articles/balancing-theory-vs-practice

@Suhasni Buy Leo's booklist and read some of the books in the 'emotional mastery' section. Hands down one of the best investments I've ever made.

@barspiner there's a book on leos list about it in the happiness section. Haven't read it myself but looks good.

Is flow state a quasi 'mystical experience'? Whenever I get into flow (usually in high stake situations in sports, adventure sports etc) I will think right after the experience 'holy shit how did I manage to do that?' Then I wonder-where did the 'I' go during that moment? My sense of self dissapeared for the duration and it it felt like time stopped...its quite difficult to subjectively explain the feeling because its so foreign. Hence, I was wondering if this is a glimpse into no-mind. How does flow state relate to nonduality?

Various tools and techniques, the process, an action plan for some examples, etc.