Inliytened1

Yes precisely

We as puny humans have no idea of the power of God. The power of God lies truly in its ability to create an illusion so total that it becomes reality.

Consider possible and impossible is a duality constructed by God himself - and that he sits prior to both.

I want to get others thoughts on the subject. You can probably already guess mine but I will hold off until more participate.

There is no past or future. We have created time and space and we have created that time can only go backwards not forwards. Thus it appears you can have a past. But both are imaginary. You can't have a past or future because you are the eternal now. Remembering itself is designed by you thus it can be designed in any fashion.

This isn't just a word game.

Ok but are you God in the moment you imagine you are a butterfly? Who is outside of you to say you are not the butterfly?

You're good - but you won't catch me up in language. That's correct you won't experience "yourself" as God. But can you be so sure that God can't be experienced by no one? And that it can realize itself at the level of Being and not knowing? Can you be sure that this isn't possible?

You're not worthy of an explanation. I spit on you, peasant!!

I recommend everyone watch the movie Whiplash then report back.

If you stumbled onto some spiritual stuff and you've been an atheist your whole life but are open minded- maybe you are curious? Maybe you might wanna see what they are all about and then do the spiritual practices? Why would you call that a cult? I'm talking about the metaphysical content which is fundamentally no different than any content out there. Do you call Peter Ralstons books cultish? Or Rupert Spiras videos cultish? Or Adyashantis stuff? What's different here in terms of the metaphysical material? Exactly. If you look closely enough you will see that the premise of there not being multiple consciousnesses is pointed to by sages that have come before..it's not really new. It is different than what Spira teaches but I can tell you from direct experience that Spira is wrong. He teaches that there are multiple consciousnesses separate from each other. Yes this is exactly what Leo means you are just not understanding the core teaching. Which is part of the problem with using this word but again that video was pulled.

That's perhaps the traditional definition of solipsism, where the ego is all there is or the person is all there is and everything else is within the person's mind. But its not how it's taught here. Here it means that You are not the person or the ego - that this is an illusion. You are Infinite Consciousness. Both self/other is a duality that collapses. Self as in the person you think you are, and other, are both imagined by infinite consciousness. There are no multiple consciousnesses. There is but One and this One can provide the appearance of many by creating the duality of self/other. That is what is taught here. Besides the video itself was taken down probably because it would be misconstrued or misunderstood. Personally I don't feel the need to even use the word Solipsism but it's not a problem if you grasp what we mean by it here. So no - he hasn't really put out much content of late so when we say the teachings are solid we are really saying up to this point. He could make some crazy off the wall episode tomorrow and I could change my mind. But for now I can say that I have validated enough of the facets for myself (including the aloneness one) to say they are solid in opinion. As for being a cult - just because you have a guy that may be unstable from the overuse of psychedelics who has manic outbursts- isn't enough for a cult. Plus, If it were a cult we wouldn't be telling you to think for yourself or not take anything on faith. We tell you to do the practices. The forum is just a place to shoot the shit really. You don't even need to like Leo to get value from the videos. You don't even have to log in here at all.

Not that I know of - he's always talked good about Buddhism and Advaita in the episodes. Of course pointing out limitations, but in general it has been positive - Just as he talks good about meditation but then at times shit on it on the forum. Maybe he will have one in the future.

I think it's valid as Leo gets extremely triggered over Buddhism. Maybe because he feels it is the biggest obstacle to awakening for most of his audience and it is maddening for him. But it's not Buddhism in itself it is people taking it on (as with any religion) as a belief. And this does not excuse and is independent of the behavior.

@Devin has a point but that's the case with any religion. If you take Buddhism as a belief and the end all be all you will never find Truth. The key is to do the practices. Buddhism and Hinduism have some good pointers, all in all I think they are better maps then western religions but they're still maps. Once you reach the territory you toss the map.

Oh no - don't misunderstand..that's the whole point he is God - but God is minus the ego. When I say God complex i mean the ego masquerading as God...Of course paradoxically that is still God too, but not God in its purest form which is minus all selfishness. Have you ever seen Lord of the RIngs? Do you remember how Bilbo got towards the end when the ring corrupted his mind? How his eyes changed in an instant? That's what comes to mind here.

The content is solid- but until it is validated by you directly it is not true for you and should never be taken on faith like dogma or religion. We always stress this.

@ValiantSalvatore yeah but ultimately he should know that trying to force others to awaken by berating them and beating them over the head does nothing - and plus - it should not be triggering anger in him in the first place. You see there is some weird God complex that has took hold over him and when it comes on he cannot control it and he goes into this weird manic behavior. Like a split personality almost. It's disturbing to watch.

My intuition tells me he is extremely unstable right now from the result of overuse of psychedelics. You saw the way he was completely calm and had his faculties about him - and then in the very next post - literally out of nowhere- he lost his mind. It reeks of manic behavior like one with bipolar disorder would behave. This is a sad reminder of the dangers of overdoing psychedelics folks. I hope he takes a break and gets in a more stable mindset. Somehow. I definitely hope he has laid off the psychedelics.

315 in my younger days, now 225 5 reps, max 275 1-2 reps.

If implies doubt or the possibility of reality being other then Infinite Consciousness. Stay the path brother. Walk it with shoulders up and head held high. The materialists have taken over but we will not let the word of Truth go unheard. We will not. I will not.

There is not one who experiences enlightenment. It is ineffable. What we are doing here is a feeble attempt to describe or i dare say capture the ineffable. But you can build a metaphysical framework and with the knowledge you must then turn inwards. That is the only way. What you are doing right now is keeping yourself securely nested within the dream. That's fine. But there is awakening. Do not for a second think that there is not. For if you do, you will have fallen into a place, an abyss, where I can never help you. Where Leo can never help you. You will be lost. That is, until you aren't.

Notice what word you started that sentence with. If. If your understanding of reality is based on assumption then you have already gone astray. If it was your direct experience then there is no if.

Wonderful and elegant! @Exystem yours too:) I have nothing to add other than this - this forum is merely a form of entertainment. There is not much to glean here that cannot be found in the teachings (and yes "teachings" is a fancy name for a bunch of you tube videos. But those videos are priceless! This is because God (You) have been trying to wake yourself up for quite some time now and finally - finally you stumbled onto the missing breadcrumbs. Leo didn't create those videos- YOU DID. Godel is you. Cantor...you Socrates - yep. Descartes- uh huh. Einstein is you. Niels Bohr- yup, you guessed it. You. Newton- you. Galileo- you guessed it. Coperinicus- the one and only you. Well done sir! You have from the very beginning been on a quest for understanding. And finally - finally you have come home! Hop off the shoulders of giants now and reclaim your mountain as the sole giant.

Why?