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You really motivate me to read Ralston Thank you for that. By the way, do you know what is his view on authenticity, what it is? I understand it as that, which arises from nothingness (no biases, no beliefs etc...), but maybe he goes more in-depth in his books?

@tecladocasio You can, sure

@tecladocasio Of course, I also have some problems with Leo, but sometimes you need to actually think about what he is trying to tell you. (like in this example) You cannot run from your ego forever

@tecladocasio There are some more developed people than Leo on this forum and obviously in other parts of the internet, but don't neglect the stuff, that you can still learn from him.

@pluto8 I mean a master can give you some good pointers, but then, when you sit in meditation, it is not effective to just think about concepts you know? Because you need to become more independent, nobody can give you direct experience by answering your questions, teachers are there to be transcended. It is extremely important to contemplate for yourself. I am asking, because I want you to realize it. I just quote you multiple times and delete all the other stuff, it can probably be done in a better way Like highlighting a text and pressing the quote button that appears. It is kind of funny, because I can do this:

You can always go deeper. Nobody tells you to have a good relationship with anyone, it's not a must. After all, we need to kill our Buddhas at a certain time. All these thoughts just stay in the way of God. Yes, it was basically an extreme example That was the point. Do you see yourself fighting for your survival? Why be obsessed with survival, when you cannot win the battle?

@pluto8 It is very hard to talk and understand what spirituality is, when you don't actually do certain practices. I haven't tried psychedelics myself, nor do I think that I understand what spirituality is all about, but some people are just too off and Leo is trying to get you back on track. Do you see, how your ego gets triggered, when someone, calls you a devil? (He called me a devil too yesterday, so I know how you feel ) Humble down and move on. By the way, I was on a speech about duality. The woman said, that modern spirituality is institutionalized and that it is basically the same thing as New Age and religion. She had probably zero or very little direct experience (someone asked her about it), and was saying, that if she would've had it, her understanding wouldn't be objective enough. Her field was literally called theoretical spirituality. This misunderstanding can go as far, as someone becoming a zen devil and then teaching about his or her beliefs at a university and being paid for it.

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@Paul92 It won't help you Paul... Try contemplating it yourself

@Leo Gura Ok Maybe my question was unclear, I'll try to be more direct - what does the word authentic mean to you? (I've already tried contemplating it, but maybe I need to go through some paradigm shift?)

Can you apply this rule to ANY habbit? Like lying for example?

Ramana Maharshi ?

@Shaun You have so many limiting beliefs, drop them!

@Shaun That's a bad excuse. 40 hours is not all that much.

@Shaun Interesting, I only had this for like 2 weeks... Do you meditate and stuff?

@Alex bAlex Start from the mandatory things, that you have to do. (sleep, school/work, food maybe, if you organize that) For example, I know, that I sleep everyday from 10 pm to 6 am. So I need to stop doing everything at 9 pm and go practice zazen and yoga. I also practice from 6 to 7 in the morning. Then I go to school. After school, I have some hobbies like art, scouting, English... so I do that and after I do all that, I go to the gym every second day. I am managing to do all this without a diary, where I would write all the important terms and stuff, but I highly recommend it Also you need to do the practices, seriously, because they clean you up and you cannot really fake high-consciousness behavior.

@John Iverson Just notice, that you are enslaving yourself by thinking and acting like this, you aren't free and you feel like you fail.

@Shaun Hey, I also used to have nightmares. How long have you been having them? If you are doing inner work, it might be your mind playing tricks on you, or your brain, which is going through a lot of physical changes. But you would have to give me more detail.

@studentofthegame Oh yes, high energy levels are absolutely essential Everybody needs to have good basics to be able to build up.

@studentofthegame I also have this problem, but I am ok with going to bed at like 10 pm and waking up at 6 am. (8 hours of sleep) What I noticed is, that when I go to sleep late, I usually end up doing stupid things, and also, when I oversleep, I end up doing stupid things It might take some effort to realize that and find your balance, but I think it is ultimately worth it.

@billiesimon That depends entirely on your approach

I haven't met anyone with these powers, but my parents visited an old man, who could describe my life with a lot of detail, without ever seeing me, so I think some people, who claim to have these abilities, might actually be legit. (this was before I had any social media accounts and also my family doesn't really post much information about me, so that's why I think it was real, maybe I am wrong, who knows)

@Salvijus ???

@lnfinite A zen master would hit you with his stick ?

I see, you have a good memory haha. I was looking out of the window for you for a while though